Functional Genomics

The Exemplar Analytics Suite additionally contains a Gene Ontology Module providing a high level view of genetic effects within a cell. The program works with Exemplar to identify the common biological process(es) abrogated in the studied affectation.

The GO Module maps the genetic markers (SNPs) modeled by Exemplar back to the genome and collects information about genes that are associated with those markers. While there may be many different genes responsible for an affectation, and while each gene might produce the affectation, it is likely that all the different genes participate in some common biological process(es)

By viewing the studied affectation at the level of the biological process, scientists can then target all the genes in that process for further investigation. The functional networks of ontological information constructed by the GO Module provide a good visual guide to identify common biological processes.